- Roy S. Johnson, columnist for AL.com. Today, we pay tribute to the life of Jimmy Carter: Our greatest former president. At 100, Carter was America’s longest-living president. He lived a long life.

Carter is a Michigan native, but he has roots in Alabama. Earlier this summer, he announced the Jazz Hall of Fame honor on social media, explaining his connection to the state.

Robert Allen (Al) Carter passed away on January 28. 2025 at home. He was 74 years old. Al was born in Tryon, North Carolina and lived in several states before settling in Hampton, Va. He lived in W… ...

Albert (Al) Carter Shuckra, 80, of West Hartford, passed away peacefully at home on September 28, 2020. Born on July 25, 1940 in Jackson Heights, New York to the late Albert Carter and Ellen Foote ...

ATHENS — The Honorable Thomas Gilbert “Tommy” Carter, Sr. passed away on November 3, 2024 at Limestone Health Facility in Athens, AL. He was born on November 26, 1934 to ...

Georgia’s governor at that time was none other than James Earl Carter, Jr., who would soon and – according to many – inexplicably, go on to become our 39th President.

At work in Miami, she met the love of her life, Al Carter. They were married at Little River Baptist in 1970, then in 1979, they relocated to Woodstock, Georgia.